Police have completed a scene examination and are appealing to the rural community for information on the suspected homicide of a Crichton veterinarian.

His car was torched and he was facing a hefty bill, but a pensioner’s ordeal has ended with a massive outpouring of support from the Gore community.

A Naseby curler who has competed in every Masters Games in Dunedin since they were first held in the city in 1992 says he has no plans to give up the sport while he is still "kicking".

Missing guns are usually a matter for alarm and police intervention but two unaccounted for weapons from Cromwell may have been "dumped in a fit of 1920s pacifism".

Unseasonably chilly temperatures have been affecting horticulture farmers across Upper Clutha and local produce is suffering.

Cardrona residents have voiced frustration over the regional council’s inability to enforce rules as absentee landowners allow the spread of gorse and broom in the valley.

A resident at the Gore Motor Camp says the Gore District Council does not care about the people affected by the camping ground’s closure.